Back to Iowa

HF349 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
TUREK
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 304 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Labor and Workforce. H.J. 304 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the state minimum hourly wage.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
House

File

349

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

349

BY

TUREK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

state

minimum

hourly

wage.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

TLSB

2040YH

(1)

91

je/js

H.F.

349

Section

1.

Section

91D.1,

subsection

1,

paragraphs

a

and

b,

1

Code

2025,

are

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

The

state

hourly

wage

shall

be

at

least

$6.20

as

of

April

3

1,

2007,

and

$7.25

as

of

January

1,

2008

,

and

$13.50

as

of

July

4

1,

2025

.

5

b.

Every

employer,

as

defined

in

the

federal

Fair

Labor

6

Standards

Act

of

1938,

as

amended

to

January

1,

2007

July

1,

7

2025

,

shall

pay

to

each

of

the

employer’s

employees,

as

defined

8

in

the

federal

Fair

Labor

Standards

Act

of

1938,

as

amended

to

9

January

1,

2007

July

1,

2025

,

the

state

hourly

wage

stated

in

10

paragraph

“a”

,

or

the

current

federal

minimum

wage,

pursuant

to

11

29

U.S.C.

§206,

as

amended,

whichever

is

greater.

12

Sec.

2.

Section

91D.1,

subsection

1,

paragraph

d,

Code

2025,

13

is

amended

by

striking

the

paragraph.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

This

bill

increases

the

state

minimum

hourly

wage

to

$13.50

18

as

of

July

1,

2025.

19

The

bill

strikes

the

state

minimum

hourly

wage

for

employees

20

employed

for

less

than

90

days;

such

employees

would

instead

21

earn

the

state

minimum

hourly

wage.

22

-1-

LSB

2040YH

(1)

91

je/js

1/

1